Samuel stitt



VPATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

S, STITT. PLATE LIFT'BR. APPLIGMION FILED ma. 9, 190s.

No MODEL.

UNITED STATES .Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

PLATE-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. l752,366, dated. February 16, 1904. Application led March 9, 1903. VSerial Nol 146,987. (No model.)

i plate-lifters or tongs; and its object isv to provide a device of this character which is simple in construction,durable in use, eiicient inoperation, and comparatively inexpensive of production. f

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described. and particularly pointed out 4in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of my invention, showing the same in use.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the under side or bottom of the lifter or tongs.

Referring more particularly to ings, the numerals l and 2 denote the handles or rods, which are connected together at one end by the coil-spring 3 and have upon their opposite ends the bent-wire jaws or holders 4, which are adapted to engage a plate, dish, or

other article, as shown in Fig. 1. The saidl spring 3 acts as a pivot for the arms or handles l and 2, and the jaws 0r holders 4 engage vthe under side of a plate or pan when the said handles are brought together.

In order to guide the handles in their movement toward and from each other to keep them in the same plane and inl order to limit their movement, I provide the combined guide and stop, consisting of the Aplate or arm 5, which has one end secured in a recessed portion of one of the handles by the screw or."

other fastening means 6 and which has its free end sliding ina recessed portion 7 of the other handle. A loop or bail 8 holds said guide and stop in said recess 7, and the bent end 9 of the the Vdraw- A guide limits the movement of the handles from each other. l

To permit the lifter or tongs to engage bowls and other deep receptacles and to prevent them from slipping endwise out of the jaws or holders 4, I provide upon the eXtreme ends of the handles the depending lugs or stops 10, which are adapted to engage the top of the rim of the bowl or plate. These stops consist of little angle-plates which are secured in the recessed ends of the handles by the screws 11.

The operation of the device will be readily understood upon reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings. The inner ends of the handles or arms are grasped in the hand of the operator tobring the outer ends and the jaws together against the tension of the spring 3. The plate or arm 5 lies on the under sides of the handles 1 2 and is flush therewith and is disposed about midway .between Ythe ends of the jaws of the holders 4:, where it serves to engage the upper side of the plate when the device is used for lifting a plate and greatly facilitates the engagement of the jaws of the plate, as will be understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will. be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A platelifter,comprising a pair of handles, a'spring connecting them together for angular movement, said spring normally spreading said handles apart, stops atv the free ends of 'said handles, projecting from one side thereof,

holders 4 near the free ends of said handles,D projecting from the said side thereof, and a combined guide and stop comprising-a plate 5,

- disposed about midway between the ends of the holders, secured at one end to one of the my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witilanes ang llidably connected to the othr nesses. A

an e', an aving a stop 9 to engage t e same, said plate lying on the under sides of SAMUEL STITT 5 said handles forthe purpose set forth, sub- Witnesses:

stantally as described. Z. T. KELLEY, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set JOHN RHODES. 

